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Oil dips below $50 a barrel as production limit hopes fade
Crude oil prices slipped back on Monday after hitting an eight-week high following their longest run of gains in four years, breaking through the $50 a barrel barrier. Investors were responding to news that US shale oil drillers continue...
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Iranian film legend Abbas Kiarostami dies
Abbas Kiarostami was the international giant of Iranian cinema who managed to express himself as a director without falling foul of Iran’s notorious censors. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Kiarostami stayed in Iran after Ayatollah...
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Niece of Homa Hoodfar speaks
Niece of Homa Hoodfar speaks Amanda Ghahremani talks about her meeting with Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion
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East meets West in music by Iranian soprano Darya Dadvar
Darya Dadvar is one of Iran’s most accomplished sopranos. The singer, who lives in Paris, recently performed in the French capital with the intercultural Orchestre Philharmonique de Paris-Est. Darya’s unique style combines traditional...
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Concordia professor jailed in Iran's notorious Evin prison
Concordia University anthropology professor Homa Hoodfar has been arrested in Iran, and is being held in Tehran's infamous Evin prison, her family says.
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State of the Union: EU-Poland dinner date fails to revive romance
In this edition of State of the Union: Poland’s new prime minister drops by for dinner in Brussels, but Mateusz Morawiecki does nothing to change the standoff between the EU and Warsaw; and the heat is on to balance the books, as the EU...
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Iranair could buy Boeing planes but any deal faces many hurdles
Iran’s state airline Iranair says it is talking with US plane maker Boeing about buying a large number of aircraft. Iranair’s chairman Farhad Parvaresh told Reuters the order could be close in size to the 118 Airbus jets it has agreed to...
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Pain and beauty through the unique lens of Christine Spengler
In 1979 during the Islamic Revolution in Iran French photographer Christine Spengler donned the veil to snap Iranian women. It was time of volatile, high-octane fanaticism, but she did have one advantage: “A man could never have done...
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Istanbul hosts International Theatre Festival
Some of the finest theatre companies and dance groups from Turkey and around the world are gathered in Istanbul for the International Theatre Festival. One of the highlights of this year’s programme is Iranian Theatre Company Shieveh’s...
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Kerry tries to reassure nervous European banks on trade with Iran
The US Secretary of State John Kerry has said European banks have nothing to fear from resuming business with Iran now that some sanctions have been lifted. At a meeting in London with top bankers – including from Barclays, HSBC,...
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‘Inversion’ a film that reflects life in Iran
Iran presented two films at Cannes this year ‘The Salesman’ by Asghar Farhardi in competition for the Palme d’Or and ‘Inversion’ by Behnam Behzadi in Un Certain Regard. It is the story of Nilofar a woman who lives alone with her mother....
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Iran’s rose growers scent post sanction export opportunities
It is flower power time for Iran with the rose picking season underway. After years of sanctions growers are hoping the world’s perfume makers will be back to buy their product, with purchases previously blocked by banking restrictions....
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Iran promises oil production increases despite supply glut low prices
Iran’s refusal to take part in the capping of oil output doomed the Doha deal as Tehran pushes ahead with plans to increase the amount of crude it pumps. The Iranians insist they are justified in not freezing output in order to regain...
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Renewed hope for Canadians imprisoned in Iran
Toronto filmmaker Mostafa Azizi released from Iranian prison after serving about one year of an 8-year sentence on charges of insulting the country's leader and spreading propaganda against the state
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Fast fashion Italian mode moves quickly to get foothold in post-sanctions Iran
Italy has moved quickly in order for its fashion houses to get a foothold in Iran, following the lifting of Western sanctions. Italian Prime Minister H. E. Matteo Renzi, matteorenzi, met with Leader of Revolution minutes ago....
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‘No Land’s Song’: when art triumphs over ignorance in Iran
This week in Cinema Box, ‘No Land’s Song’ is a gripping and heartrending documentary about a woman’s cultural crusade to give their voices back to women on stage in Iran. Filmmaker Ayat Najafi follows his sister’s relentless quest over...
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Oil prices hover around one-month lows
Oil hovered around one-month lows on Monday, as investors ditched some of their bullish bets on another price rise. This, also amid fading chances that top exporters would agree to rein in overproduction. ¨ Iran, for one, has reportedly...
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US to restrict ZTE over alleged Iran sanctions busting
The US government is reportedly about to put in place export restrictions on Chinese telecoms equipment maker ZTE. The report, from the Reuters news agency, said that was over alleged violations of sanctions against Iran. The move would...
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Oil prices drop as Iran still not part of production freeze
Oil prices continue to gyrate as traders watch to see whether a production freeze can be negotiated between OPEC and other countries. The cost of crude fell on Monday as the Russian energy minister Alexander Novak said a global deal...
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Iranian cinema thrives at Berlinale
Impossible to fit into a single category, ‘A Dragon Arrives!’ by Iranian director Mani Haghighi is a mix of cinematic genres that takes viewers on an entertaining and thought-provoking journey. A detective story set in 1960s Iran, the...
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OPEC oil output cut very unlikely at June meeting, Iran’s situation unclear
OPEC is very unlikely to cut oil output at its next meeting in June, even if crude prices remain extremely low, according to OPEC sources and delegates speaking with the Reuters news agency. Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Venezuela and non-OPEC...
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Peugeot Citroen compensates Iran for sanctions prompted pull out
PSA Peugeot Citroen is to pay Iran 427 million euros in compensation. The money will cover losses caused by the French car-maker quitting the country due to sanctions. Peugeot suspended sales in 2012 when an international boycott against...
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Russia, Saudis offer oil output freeze
Crude prices have fallen sharply since summer 2014
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State of the Union: Trump thumps Iran
In this edition of State of the Union, EU leaders battle to save the Iran deal, after US President Donald Trump tears it up; and Europe Day is marked, remembering the bloc’s roots and looking to the future, amid a rise in euroskepticism....